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Free competency courses

Learn the theory before your accredited course: one course for the Firearms Control Act, which everyone does, and one for each type of firearm. Short lessons with slides, exercises and questions, then a final quiz.

5 Courses, one per SAQA unit standard
40 Short lessons: watch, do, check, apply
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Everyone applying for a competency certificate does the Firearms Control Act unit, then the unit for each type of firearm they want.

Everyone does this oneUnit standard 117705

Knowledge of the Firearms Control Act

The law every firearm owner must know: licences, presumptions, offences, being declared unfit, carrying, storage, disposal and ammunition.

8 lessons · about 2.5 hours → Unit standard 119649

Handle and use a handgun

Safe handling, loading and unloading, carrying and storage, when you may use it, shooting fundamentals, malfunctions, and the practical test.

8 lessons · about 1.5 hours → Unit standard 119650

Handle and use a self-loading rifle or carbine

Safe handling of a self-loading rifle, magazine-first unloading, licences, fundamentals, malfunctions and the practical test.

8 lessons · about 2 hours → Unit standard 119651

Handle and use a manually operated rifle or carbine

Bolt-action safety, scopes, ethical and safe hunting, fundamentals, malfunctions and the practical test.

8 lessons · about 2 hours → Unit standard 119652

Handle and use a shotgun

Gauges and chambers, break and pump actions, shot and slugs, the clay range, malfunctions and the practical test.

8 lessons · about 2 hours →
Study material, not the official courseThese free courses are written from the Firearms Control Act, its Regulations and the SAQA unit standards. They aren't accredited and don't give you a competency certificate. Your accredited training provider runs the official knowledge and practical tests.